Improvement in self-regulating apparatus for supplying water



M. G. WHITE. 7 SELF-REGUL'ATING APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING WATER. No.174,396. Patented March 7,1876.

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OF PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN SELF-REGULATING APPARATUS FOR SU PPLYING WATER,

Specih cation forming part of Letters Patent No. 174,396, dated March 7,1876; application filed December 27, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MATTHIAS GEORGE WHITE, of Landport, in the county of Hants, England, have invented a Self-Regulating Apparatus for Supplying Water; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, making part of this specification, in whichapplicable to the purpose of supplying water for drinking, but it may also be used for other purposes.

In the accompanying drawing, a is a lever, preferably arranged out of sight, underthe table or counter 12. The lever a turns upon the center 0, near one of its ends, and at or near its other end it is connected, preferably, by a friction-roller, as shown at d, with a vertical rod or spindle, e, which passes up through the table b, and carries at its upper end a stand or platform, 6, upon which the vessel which is tobe filled is placed. The platform 0 is made open or perforated, so that any water which may be spilled drains through it. f is a ring or frame fixed to the table 12, and having a central guide, g, through which the spindle 0 passes, so as to rise and fall with as little friction as possible. h is a waste-pipe, through which any water passing into the framcfis carried away, and t'is an inverted cup or shield fixed round the spindle e, to prevent water from entering the guide g. At or near the center 0, upon which the lever a turns, the short arm 70 is connected to it, and works the spindle l of the regulating-valve. This valve has an inlet-pipe, m, and a discharge-pipe, a, through which the water is supplied, through an ornamental stand, y, to the vessel upon the platform 6. 0 is a flexible disk attached to a collar, 0, upon the spindle Z; and p is a seatagainst which the disk 0 is pressed to close the inlet-pipe, and p is a seat against which the collar 0 upon the spindle is pressed (in the other direction) to close the outlet-pipe. w is a flexible diaphragm attached to the spindle l, to prevent the escape of water round the latter. 8 is an adjustable balance-weight, by which, when the vessel is removed, the platform 6 is raised. tis a supplementary lever, turning upon a center, a, and having an adjustable weight, 21-, on one arm, the other arm being connected by a slot, at", with the lever a.

The operation of the apparatus is as follows: When the glass or other vessel is removed, the platform 0 is raised by the action of the weight 8, and the inlet-pipe m is, at the same time, closed by the disk 0 beingpressed against the seatp. When the vessel is placed upon the platform its weight is sufficient to depress the latter until the lever to is stopped at the bottom of'the slotw. In this position,as shown in the drawing, the valveis open, and the Water can pass from the inlet-pipe m into the outlet-pipe n, and through the ornamental stand y into the vessel. When the vessel is sufficiently full the Weight of the water in it is suffi'cient to throw the weights over its center, which further depresses the lever a, until the outletpipe at is closed by the collar 0 being pressed against the seat 1). When the vessel of water is removed, the platform rises to its original position by the action of the weight 8.

Sometimes I make the valve consist of two flexible disks, separated by a central washer attached to the spindle I, so that if the spindle be pressed in one direction one of the flexible disks closes the seat p, and if in the other direction the other disk closes the seat 19.

The disks may be held at theirouter edges, holes for the passage of water being made through them. I 4 The stand through which the pipe m passes, which conveys to the water to the vessel, is made of any ornamental shape, and the water may be made to pass through a filter, or through ice, in its passage.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new is l. The combination of the balanced lever to,

MATTHIAS GEORGE'WHITE, OF LANDPORT, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM TRIGGS,

pose of regulating the supply of liquid by the weight of the vessel, substantially as described, and shown in the drawing.

2. The combination, with the balance-lever a and regulating-valve, operating as described, of a supplementary weighted lever, t, operated by the weight of the liquid in the vessel, substantially as described, and shown in the drawing.

3. The combination, with the weighted levers a and t and the regulating-valve, of the ornamental supply-pipe y, the movable platform 0, the frame f, and Waste-pipe h, substantially as described, and shown in the drawing.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MATTHIAS GEORGE WHITE.

Witnesses: v

GEORGE FELTHAM, JOSEPH MIOHELL. 

